“No， Aslan， we won‘t， we won’t，” said everyone. But one perky jackdaw added in a loud voice， “No fear！” and everyone else had finished just before he said it so that his words came out quite clear in a dead silence； and perhaps you have found out how awful that can be.say， at a party.
The Jackdaw became so embarrassed that it hid its head under its wings as if it was going to sleep. And all the other animals began making various queer noises which are their ways of laughing and which， of course， no one has ever heard in our world. They tried at first to repress it， but Aslan said：
“Laugh and fear not， creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless， you need not always be grave. For jokes as well as justice come in with speech.”
So they all let themselves go. And there was such merriment that the Jackdaw himself plucked up courage again and perched on the cab.horse‘s head， between its ears， clapping its wings， and said：
“Aslan！ Aslan！ Have I made the first joke？ Will everybody always be told how I made the first joke？”
